Astronomers say that on Feb. 7 there will be the greates elongation moment for Mercury. It will be located 18 degrees from the sun and can be seen either with your
astronomical binoculars like
Galileo Astro Binoculars G-1570 very close to Venus, only eight degrees away. If you haven’t yet seen Mercury, this will be the best opportunity and perfect time for your start. Or you can take your trusty
digital binoculars, wait for sunset, and as soon as you see the brightest object near the sunset, look to west for the fainter. And if you find one, it’ll be Mercury.
Because Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, it’s very hard to observe it with the eye or even with
observation binoculars. This event of the greatest Mercury elongation has no physical significance but it gives us the opportunity to study its surface features.